These are some Haiku poems related to material in courses that I teach. I will usually start an on-line discussion topic asking students to contribute poems on topics they from the course. These mostly technology-oriented software engineering students easily pick up the simple 5 - 7- 5 syllable structure of the Haiku poem. It has the students thinking about the material from a different perspective.
Coupling, Cohesion
Antagonistic forces
Tradeoffs to be made.
Solvers in a chain
Requests passed one to the next
Only one reacts.
Looks like the real thing
But really hides it from view
Protect, remote, smart.
Actions are the same
Processes come together
Continue apart.
Time passes freely
Ticks never inconsistent
The system runs true.
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